The Beatles Rare & Unseen (2008) Documentary 

Every new photo, footage or interview about The Beatles is a treasure.

And here we are over 60 years later and they are STILL the subject of many discussions. Unarguably the biggest band in music history. I challenge anyone to name a modern day 'artist' that will have the same impact, respect and longevity.

It was like a positive pandemic. It was infectious. I had made it up in my mond that it was just a fad and I would be different and not follow the crowd. Then I heard them, and watched them....I was hooked. Still am. That was 1964, I was 13. Im 70 now and I still get t hat same feeling, when I hear "She loves you".

I was 5 in 62 and believe me they blew the world apart they were fantastic, every song was brilliant better than the last,

In Canada we had the " Twist and Shout " album with all the earliest hits and it's still my favorite album.

In this cold hard World , came the BEATLES, and a magical time in history. The Beatles came just at the right time....🍁

The Beatles were the soundtrack of my life. In fact, in some ways they were my life. I became a fan at 16 and am still listening to them at 75! I was also lucky to see them live twice. My late wife worked in the record department of Boots the chemists so I usually had copies of their albums or singles on release day. She continued to buy me Beatles related records x items throughout our 40 years of marriage. Her last gift to me was Paul McCartney’s valentines cd, she passed soon after. So for me, for many personal reasons, they are more than just a pop group.

You truly had to be there. Used to see them drive past our home in Slough often. The time of The Thunderbirds! Outstanding documentary!! Memories. The 60's was an incredible time. Still at 64 have a huge head of hair and still play Status Quo, Pink Floyd, Uriah Heep, Heart, and of course Beatles Classics! My late Granddad was a key person in Julie Andrews life, my Mum was a close friend. Phillip Robertson (My Grandad (Mum's Dad), he wrote entire music scores for Orchestra's and was himself a multi-instrumentalist, he could play anything) taught Julie so much in understanding note recognition and pitch, harmony.... Julie spent a lot of time in Manchester in those early years. She was (is) a huge Beatles fan. Thankyou posting this, such beautiful memories!!

Even though i was born the year the Beatles first stored in Ed Sullivan and had broken up by the time i bought my first record, I am so greatful that I live in a period where I've listened to them (obsessively) my whole life. It was only 100 years ago that phonographs and radio became popular and only 60 years of The Beatles.

"The Beatles are gonna be around forever" pretty much sums it up.

Fine documentary here! Saw them live when I was 16 ... Dodger Stadium, LA. It was their penultimate concert as Candlestick in SF was the end. Huge fan still at 71. Can and do play half their songs on my guitars today and appreciate their music more than ever. Coming up in Liverpool they would nab the American rock, pop and R n B albums early. Another key to their progress was the intense venture in Hamburg. That's where their entire show was honed and polished. Sadly, we will never experience anything quite like the Beatles again but it is grand to hear their remastered cds today. Paul's bass playing is top drawer too! Astonishing band.

I was 5 years old living in NY a few miles from Kennedy airport, a place I had been to many times before, when my dad called me over to the black and white TV set to see on the evening news the invasion of the Beatles. Him working part time as a pest controller he found their name amusing and later became a John Lennon fan for his music and political activism when he became an ant-war protester . I watched them on the news walking down the steps off the Pam-Am jet . I was instantly hooked and hadn't even heard their music yet but thought their appearance was the neatest thing I've ever seen .The word "neat " was the expression of that era for kids my age, being equivalent to cool or far-out .Not long after that I had gotten my mom to get me a pair of foot wear we called Beatle boots and had a big buckled belt that was part of the fashion called Mod or The Mod Look . I even had a medallion. It was a great new era . Young stylish women started wearing mini dresses .Only problem for me at the time , I was trapped in a 5 years old body and didn't have a chance with the 18 year old women of that era that I was attracted to .And I couldn't go to concerts to see the many rock and roll bands that were springing up like wild flowers all wanting to be like the Beatles. I did get to hear a lot of cool 45 single records played on portable battery powered record players and listened to rock and roll on am radio every Saturday. .Back then almost everything was closed on a Sunday except church and bakeries. The Beatles changed the world .

Paul could wear a full disguise and I'd still recognize him in any setting. Very few celebrities have made a mark in such a way that they could never hide from their fans in any circumstance.

Listening to the Beatles when I was growing up in the1960s was a spiritual experience.

❤It was an AWSOME time in history!!!

Their image was so new with the haircuts. The blend of John, Paul and George's voices was so resonant. And the quality of their songs fit their voices perfectly.

Love the docs with the famous ppl talking about their love for the music and how it impacted their lives

They changed the world musically. socially, and changed the way we look it was an amazing time

Phil Collins nailed it: “the chords were quite ordinary, but what happened on top! The melody, the harmonies, I can’t do it justice.” Spot on. The Beatles were head and shoulders above their contemporaries in these things.

Phil Collins was so right... you just had to be there - in the 60's - to understand how BIG The Beatles were. Their legacy lives on... forever...

Pretty cool! I'll be 75 this year, and this takes me back some! "What a time, oh what a time it was"!

Now on the other hand, look at the live performances of the Beatles how legit their talents are and how they instantly create superb performances on stage by their talents and skills and listen to their recorded music original compositions how unique, exciting, electrifying, thought provoking, enjoyable , and the quality of variety of songs they composed. That's God given talent and not from the devil.

In retrospect, the way things fell together is almost mystical. From Paul meeting John, then suggesting George to John. Then Best being replaced by Ringo. And being seen by Epstein at the Cavern. Almost like a predetermined jigsaw puzzle. It's an amazing story from 1960 onward.

I loved the Beatles then and I still love the Beatles today. Most likely I will love them and their music forever!

They broke the mould. I've always been inspired by The Beatles because the band were four individuals. Being YOURSELF is the key

I saw them in Baltimore,Maryland in 1964. Incredible! Sar Paul,George, and Ringo solo after that. Thanks so much for posting this.

The Beatles is a awesome group alot of awesome songs ❣️

I love the way you worked the Hard Days Night album cover into this doc. Very clever!

The Beatles were three and eventually Four creative Song writers who had set no limits for their creativity.

Still love the Beatles

The Beatles The Greatest!!!

THE BEATLES FOREVER!

Toooo incredible for words... it was a priveledge to grow up with them (12 yrs old I was) from 1962 , the greatest band that there will EVER be ... they changed the world for the better... we love the Fab Four and always will 💕❤💖💕

I for one am kind of proud of the fact that I grew up with the Beatles and other such great musicians and I believe that there will never be any art that will ever make such a huge impression on the world. It was done and cannot ever happen again. Many will come and go, but this band and it's influence will still be felt long after I and many of us are gone. I had the a great time musically because of these people who influenced my very day to day life at the same time that they were making music and living their lives. I can't say that I heard it first, but I did hear it as it happened :)

It's always funny to see something about the Beatles but have to listen to 'Beatle-flavoured' music in the background throughout to avoid copyright claims.

What a lot of people forget is that Norman Smith, while working as recording engineer for EMI, also scored a couple of hits in his own right as *Hurricane Smith* on the Columbia label, one of EMI's two *flagship* labels, the other being His Master's Voice. Smith's two hits were "Oh Babe, What Would You Say" and "Who Was It".

I so appreciated having the #captions available to view this music history.

I almost fainted when I first heard Paperback Writer. It was that good.

There were four Beatles. George and Ringo certainly contributed!

anyone notice there was not 1 lick of Beatles music in these 43 minutes? really enjoyed the input from the hairdressers and taxi drivers.

RIP Gerry. And John and George.

No one gives a thought about the German woman Astrid Kirchherr who helped create the Beatles image including the famous hair cut Some reference is made at 5:15 about the their work in Hamburg.

The SEVEN Beatles who performed as such were - George Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe, Pete Best*, John Lennon, Richard 'Ringo Starr' Starkey*, Paul McCartney & Jimmy Nichol* (Jimmy Nichol stepped in for Ringo for several gigs when he was ill, Australian tour, and disappeared into obscurity afterwards). The first gig with John.George, Paul & Ringo was at Hulme Hall, Port Sunlight, Wirral - walking distance from the Bebington Oval where 'Chariots of Fire' was shot & just a few miles from Tranmere Rovers' Prenton Park, in Birkenhead. The Bridge Pub is 100 yds from Hulme Hall.

Thanks for sharing. 13:20 a pivotal moment in time, voiced ... (subscribed)

Damn....I've seen Mickey Jones in many movies. It's just cool that he did gigs alongside the Beatles....

I saw the Beatles i think in 66 at Candle Stick park in Oakland Calif the tickets were 5.50 thay came out in a armored money bank truck . Thay were everything to me growing up .When I had my first born i named him Paul.something else my birthday is June 18 like Paul's 😁💋❤

What a band probably the best of all time unbelievable

Great to see the late Ken Dodd in this for a brief comment - another Liverpool legend. It was also very honest for Gerry Marsden to admit that while his band Gerry and the Pacemakers declined the Beatles advanced as better musicians after the two bands being equally famous in 1963.

The Beatles were good but not many young people know who they are.Its been 60 years sice they began to become known.

I liked John for his voice,but George his guitar playing and his looks done it for me, and I learned to play guitar,with George’s song a pity he was shadowed by the other two although their songs were brilliant, but for me George was the greatest ❤x

I love this and the beautiful commentary about John.

"Quatre Garçons Dans Le Vent" the French name for The Beatles movie "A Hard Days Night"....."Four Boys in the Wind"

Thanks for respecting James Paul!

Absolutely AWESOME!

In the Autumn of 1963 I was in a band in Hong Kong made up of Americans and British teenagers called The Beachcombers & playing the entire Beatles 1st British album along with The Shadows songs, American hit songs and other British hits like Glad All Over from the DC5. We might have been the 1st and only group in the world at that time performing The Beatles album in full as we got hold of their album before others did and were already a band.

Thank you !

Delightful documentary with brilliant convincing comments that the Beatles, the Fab Four, are forever.❤❤❤❤Hallelujah

Ive always shaken my head when Ive heard some people comment that Ringo wasn't a very good drummer despite the fact that he inspired guys like Phil Collins or Dave Grohl who both cite Ringo as a great drummer. My challenge to Ringos critics is "How would you have played the songs better? How would your drumming style have made the Beatles more famous?"

I love how the Chiron under Phil Collins’s name at one point just reads “considers ringo a top drummer”

THANKS!

19:37 Phil Collins says the chords of She Loves You are ordinary. I don't agree. It's not a symphony. Extremely well-placed unique chords are what I would say. Is this a drummer talking about a musical composition? The Beatles songs had wonderful chord structures and this is an example of that.

The reason the Beatles were SO big..is because they changed US! They tapped into the part of ourselves that is creative, free and loving...and that is why the Woodstock Festival happened. It was the outgrowth of Beatlemania.

Very nice. Enjoyed it.

26:40 Mickey Jones saying that the Beatles music was simple, three chords? Another drummer talking about music. People see a couple of trees-that's all they see. They don't see the whole forest.

Excellent!

So cool to see Mickey Jones in this. Legendary drummer with a legendary resume, yet most people only know him from his acting career.

The narrative intro to this is total torture. You could use it to extract information from captives or to drive them completely insane.

Just fab!!!

Beautiful.

Norman's memory's less than intact in this footage: they didn't all have the same haircuts, Norm. It's well known in Beatles folklore that Mr. Best kept his swept back 'Jeff Chandler' hair style. And there are 14 tracks on my copy of their first album. Still, you made some great pop singles in the early 70's, such as 'Don't Let It Die' and the other two mentioned in the comments below so peace and love to you, Norman, wherever your soul may be.

This has to be the longest trailer I've ever viewed! I was suspicious when that awful voice-over announcer started plugging the film about 20 minutes into the video!

Thank you.. The Beatles came to NZ. 👍🇳🇿

One thing that is rarely broached about the Beatles is , How did John manage to not wear glasses so often. As most older people know at the time it wasn't considered " hip" to wear glasses ( ironically it was possibly Lennon that made some glasses fashionable) . But I can't walk around in the world very long without mine on very comfortably. Much less perform on stage very well, which I do as a professional performer and audio technician.

This was a great documentary. I thought I knew everything about them...but I didn't.

The Eagles; and The Beatles music/video finally can be shared!!!! Amen

Great documentary but the background music... I know... I've read some biographies and believe I know their story pretty well. So here I am one of a thousand it seems! The best thing to do is to actually play one of their records, loud so the neighbors can hear! :) Not too loud, with a gentle touch :) Which will it be? Revolver or Rubber Soul perhaps!? It doesn't matter I play them all from time to time.

Magic times. The most exciting times ever? Very possibly.

But lets not forget the Beatles main influence and heroes: the fabulous Rutles. It was Dirk, Nasty, Stig and Barry that really kicked off the cultural and musical revolution not the Beatles. The Beatles took their cue from the Rutles and ran with it and it worked. Check out the Rutles story right here on youtube but watch out for the trousers they're very tight.

FYI...The bearded, portly American guy talking here, Mickey Jones, was Bob Dylan's drummer during Dylan's first tour of England after going electric.

This is cool ! 😊

Awesome!

Greatest band ever.

Very informative and Frank

There early material wasn't simple stuff, quite different to the usual rock n roll, the music goes to different places & comes back to the chorus, this is because having Lennon & McCartney combining their musical chord structures. Re-listen to it, Love Me Do just goes everywhere. They liked to go fwd & then go back & then turn left. It seems simple but it's unlike any other at that period.

Everyone thinks Beatles songs are simple until they read the sheet music.

GOD BLESS GERRY MARSDEN. RIP.

The chords to She loves you are not "simple" Mr Collins!

This sounding like a late night infomercial killed it for me. I wanted to see this but I can't because of that.

Back then, when I was a kid, I was at the record shop the very day each single or LP was released.

@20:43 "There is actually a birth date for Beatlemania". (London Paladium, Sunday 13 October, 1963). I like to think I was born at around the same time, which was 26 November the same year, which was also the release date for I Want To Hold Your Hand in the USA, also 4 days after JFKs assassination. A moment in time indeed.

At seven years old was listening to Beach Boys,Ricky Nelson during adolescence.

Sem Iz Slovenije, ex.yugoslavija in star 53 let.BeatlEs so mi spremenili živlenje,res najboljŠi band all time.Ne morem si predstavljat da ste se eni druzili z johnom paulom ringo and george.Napisite kaj o njih ,nekaj kar ne vemo!Hvala .thank you,Dusan Unger

Pretty darn good stuff!

I feel fortunate to have lived during their chart days. I got right in there when they were on Ed's show. While later generations cannot truly understand what it was like, a good way to experience what the Beatles did, along with the British invasion, is to listen to the top 100 hits from 60 through 63. It's not bad but mostly pretty sterile bordering on trite. Then in 64 and onward things really get interesting.

That was fun

Sylvie Vartan looks so good despite her age!! WOW!! A well aged Beauty!!

High praise from Phil Collins considering the fantastic music Genesis made with Peter Gabriel.

excelente, me inscrevi no canal ,demais

Really well done. And I got to know the late promoter Sam Leach a bit in the early part of this century when he spent part of those years in Chicago. The one drawback I see in having watched the first 15 minutes, is no actual Beatles music involved. Not particularly surprising in this time where whoever owns the Beatles music and the presumed costs one is charged these days to use the real thing. I could see where that would be a no go for a small undertaking like this. But using this background of this sort of Mersey beat sound, I can see where someone watching that is say....under 60 might think that is the Beatles. Seems like it would have been better served to use no music at all as, I am guessing, the people for whom this will be of interest in about 95 per cent part, will be those of us who remember it all from first time round. In fact I should probably move that age limit up to 65 which I am about to be, as as a result of having an older sister, I was an ardent fan from American day one, re February 64 when I was 7. Phil Collins sort of nailed it. I mean the Beatles have still got millions of fans since they retired who do not remember them in real time. And well and truly you had to be there, nearly indescribable though god knows people have tried. Loved what Tony Bramwell said about schoolboy John too, "bit of a hooligan" or something like that.

It is true that the early Beatles' underlying chord structures were simple. It was always the melody that attracted ears. Just like Buddy Holly. However by Revolver their songs grew more and more complex.